rence In the accounts of monastic establishments. Spelman; Cowell.

In practice. A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding, by the order of a court. See In re Schwarz (D. C.) 14 Fed. 7SS.

Theft is so called by some ancient writers. “Stealth is the wrongful taking of goods without pretense of title.” Finch, Law, b. 3, c. 17.

In Scotch law. Corns, cattle, straw, and implements of hus- bandry delivered by a landlord to his tenant, by which the tenant is enabled to stock and labor the farm; in consideration

Fr. In French law. A party who fraudulently mortgages property to which he has no title.

In Scotch law. The crime of aliening the same subject to different persons. 2 Karnes, Eq. 40.

Lat. In the civil law. A general name for any kind of fraud not falling under any specific class. But the term is chiefly applied to fraud practiced in the sale or

One who is skilled In the art of short-hand writing; one whose business is to write iu short-hand. See Ry- nerson v. Allison. 30 S. C. 534, 9 S. E. 050; In

The daughter of one’s wife by a former husband, or of one’s husband by a former wife.

The man who marries a widow, she having a child by her former marriage, is step-father to such child.

The woman who marries a widower, he having a child by his former wife, becomes step-mother to such child.

The son of one’s wife by a former husband, or of one’s husband by a former wife.

The breaking, obstructing, or straitening of a way. Termes de la Ley.

A French measure of solidity, used in measuring wood. It Is a cubic meter.

Barrenness; incapacity to produce a child.

In English law. Current or standard coin, especially silver coin; a standard of coinage.

If the plaintiff in a plalut in the mayor’s court of London has attached property belonging to the defendant and obtained execution against the garnishee, the defendant, if he wishes to contest

A person employed in loading aud unloading vessels. The Senator (D. C.) 21 Fed. 191; Rankin v. Merchants’ & M. Transp. Co., 73 Ga. 232, 54 Am. Rep. 874; The Elton, 83

This word signifies a man appointed in the place or stead of another, and generally denotes a principal ofiicer within his jurisdiction. Brown.

Certain brothels anciently permitted in England, suppressed by Henry VIII. Also, breeding places for tame pheasants.